A meeting was held in the village hall for those interested in helping Ukrainian refugees. Several people were prepared to host refugees either for 6 months or more or for a couple of weeks holiday to give long term hosts a break.

It was recognised that the village without public transport or other amenities was not the obvious place for refugees to be placed and that it would be better if there was more than one family at a time so that they had the company of people speaking the…

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A number of people in the village have expressed an interest in providing accommodation or other help for refugees from Ukraine.

A meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 31 March to share information about possible routes for helping refugees, identify further information needed and see what the village could do collectively. Everyone with an…